4DS

Season Ticket

Season Tickets allow unlimited travel between two stations for a specified period of time. Season Tickets are usually available for periods of seven days or for any period from one month to one year.

Season Tickets offer great savings for regular travellers and where savings can usually be made even if  travelling fewer than 5 days a week. An Annual Season ticket gives offers 52 weeks' travel for the price of 40 already-discounted Weekly Season Tickets.


4DS - 4-Day Season Ticket
7DS, GF7 - 7-Day Season Ticket
PSS - Period Season Ticket (1 month and over)

Availability

  • Season Tickets can be bought at any staffed National Rail ticket office or on the website from the appropriate Train Company.
  • 7-Day Season Tickets can also be bought at some self-service ticket machines.
  • Season Tickets can also be bought over the telephone from some retailers.

To prevent any misuse, Season Tickets and Travelcards are not generally issued in advance, although Seasons on Smartcard and Travelcard Season on Oyster, can be issued up to 30 days in advance of the first day of validity.

To minimise inconvenience to customers, the following rules apply to Season Tickets issued on printed stock:

NEW TICKETS

(including renewing Season Tickets following a break of continuity)           

A Ticket may be issued:
7-Day Seasons &

Travelcards

  •  on the start date;
  • if the start date is a Monday (or a Tuesday after a Bank Holiday), the Ticket may be issued from 06:00 on the previous Sunday.
Period Seasons & Travelcards

(including Annual & Gold Cards)

  • if the start date is a Saturday, Sunday or Monday (also Tuesday after a Bank Holiday), the Ticket may be issued from 12:00 (noon) on the previous Friday;
  • if the start date is another day, the Ticket may be issued after 12:00 (noon) on the previous day.
  • over the Christmas and New Year holiday period these rules are generally relaxed. Please refer to local TOC instructions.

 

RENEWALS

Where the current ticket is SURRENDERED* with NO BREAK OF CONTINUITY

A Ticket may be issued:
7-Day Seasons & Travelcards
  • if the start date is a Sunday or Monday (or Tuesday after a Bank Holiday), the ticket may be issued from 12:00 (noon) on the previous Friday.
  • if the start date is another day, the ticket may be issued after 12:00 (noon) on the previous day.
Period Seasons & Travelcards (including Annual & Gold Cards)
  •  the Ticket may be issued any time up to seven days in advance.
  • over the Christmas and New Year holiday period these rules are generally relaxed. Please refer to local TOC instructions.

*Surrendered to retailer used for current Season Ticket

Discounts

Child:
Children (Aged 5 to 15 inclusive): 50% discount.

Railcard:
Children (Aged 5 to 15 inclusive): 50% discount. Up to two children under five can travel free with each fare paying passenger. The Passengers' Charter of each Train Company gives performance targets and details of the discounts available for Season Ticket renewals if the time keeping or reliability of the train service falls below set standards. The Train Companies will publicise details of any Season Ticket discounts.

Group:
Children (Aged 5 to 15 inclusive): 50% discount. Up to two children under five can travel free with each fare paying passenger. The Passengers' Charter of each Train Company gives performance targets and details of the discounts available for Season Ticket renewals if the time keeping or reliability of the train service falls below set standards. The Train Companies will publicise details of any Season Ticket discounts.

Break of Journey

Outward:
Break of Journey may not be allowed on all permitted routes - see the National Routeing Guide for full details.


Return:
Break of Journey may not be allowed on all permitted routes - see the National Routeing Guide for full details.

Change of Journey

If the Season Ticket held does not cover the journey in full, has been left at home or is for Standard Class accommodation when travelling in First Class, the appropriate additional ticket must be purchased at the ticket office before travel.

Refunds

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